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From S.S. Sawyer to John P. Bowman
[page 1]
MISSOURI AND WESTERN TELEGRAPH--STEBBINS LINE
Jeff City
March 9th 1861
To Jno [John] P[.] Bowman
Committee report against Secession[,] against coercion for Crittenden amendment[,] majority for national[,] minority for border Slave State Convention[.]
S[.]S[.] Sawyer

This telegram, dated March 9, 1861, was sent by S.S. Sawyer in Jefferson City, Missouri, to John P. Bowman (presumably the sheriff of Lexington, Missouri). Sawyer relates details of a committee report, presumably that of the Missouri State Convention’s Committee on Federal Relations, which was meeting in St. Louis to consider secession. Sawyer states that the committee is ""against secession, against coercion, [and] for Crittenden amendment."" He notes that ""the majority [are] for national, the minority for border slave state convention.""

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From S.S. Sawyer to John P. Bowman
[page 1]
MISSOURI AND WESTERN TELEGRAPH--STEBBINS LINE
Jeff City
March 9th 1861
To Jno [John] P[.] Bowman
Committee report against Secession[,] against coercion for Crittenden amendment[,] majority for national[,] minority for border Slave State Convention[.]
S[.]S[.] Sawyer